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Headstones Have Been Moved

I am very happy to report that Alex Den received a letter from Mr. Vorobets in Rohatyn reporting that the large pile of Jewish headstones recently recovered from the courtyard of former Gestapo headquarters (today a private but communal car park for surrounding apartments) were collected and transported on November 24, 2014 to Rohatyn’s “old” Jewish cemetery. Ця стаття також…

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Rohatyn Headstone Recovery and Cemetery Projects Update

Marla and I visited Rohatyn yesterday (06 November 2014) with several others, to check status of the Jewish headstone recovery work and to meet onsite for planning regarding the proposed Jewish cemetery project.  The group consisted of: Marla Raucher Osborn, project lead Alex Denysenko, guide & translator Andrij Bojarov, conceptual design lead Rabbi Moyshe-Leib Kolesnik of the Ivano-Frankivsk synagogue Mikhailo…

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Rohatyn Visit July 27, 2014

This is a summary of our latest visit to Rohatyn on Sunday, July 27, 2014. You may recall that this date had been chosen during my last visit to Rohatyn in November 2013 when the Mayor noted that the City was planning 70th anniversary events for July 27th to commemorate the end of the town’s Nazi occupation and liberation by…

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Rohatyn and Our Headstone Project on Ukrainian Roots Radio

Brought to my attention this morning: Two episodes about Jewish Rohatyn on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio: http://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-rohatyn-part-1/ http://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-rohatyn-part-2-2/           The web radio station also has a page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NashHolos Warm regards, Marla Ця стаття також доступна українською. [Note: This report was originally sent by Marla to the Rohatyn District Research Group.]

Human Remains Buried in New Jewish Cemetery

We had a report a earlier this month from sources in Rohatyn that the human remains found in 2012 underneath the Ukrainian Church on the rynek had been quietly buried by representatives of the Church and Rabbi Kolesnik of Ivano-Frankivsk, in Rohatyn’s new Jewish cemetery at the north end of town. This was consistent with our wishes, and thanks to…

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Announcing the Rohatyn Matzevot Memorial Project

I am happy to announce that the Rohatyn Matzevot Memorial Project is now an official project under the auspices of Gesher Galicia. Since Gesher Galicia is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, donations by US residents is tax deductible. After the acceptance of this project by Gesher Galicia, I created the Rohatyn Jewish Heritage website. This public website provides background information on…

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